republican governor phil bryant won there last year with 60% of the vote. republicans control most of the statewide offices in mississippi. democrats don't even bother fielding candidates for all the statewide offices in mississippi anymore. republicans also control both chambers of the legislature which means whatever governor bryant wants to put on his conservative republican agenda the legislature is essentially there just to say, go. and a lot of that agenda, the mississippi republicans like to wrap up in the mantle of free enterprise. like when governor bryant signed the small business regulatory flexibility act. he said he wanted no business to shy away from expanding or locating in our state because of burdensome mandates. that's how mississippi republicans like to be known, as the guys who will do away with burdensome mandates. the same time, mississippi republicans are very much in the business of burdensome mandates as long as the burden falls on folks they would very much like to put out of business in their state. the same month the mississippi